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History-Quiz 1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -people influence the government through voting (Britain) -monarch is figuring head -decisions for Prime Minister | Constitutional Democracy |
| -people vote->influence government -executive Branch relating to legislative branch -parliament makes decisions | Parliamentary Democracy |
| -absolute leadership->person in power makes all decisions -duty to state is most important -total control by government | Dictatorship |
| -individuals no power -leader does whatever he wants->no control -state regulates | Totalitarianism |
| -one ruler who has all the power in oppressive government -based on suppression, racism, military main control -no check on power -no political parties -about sacrifice for state | Fascism |
| -make everything that is good for state -one leader -organized into collectives -not much individualism | Socialism |
| -classless society where people hold power -people equal, but no rights -just a elite few have absolute power -no individuals-> work to imporve state | Communism |
| -buying, selling or trading goods and services | Trade |
| -10 members -promote political & economic stability and cooperation -Jaharta, Indonesia | ASEAN |
| -27 members -cooperation among european nations e.g. in trade and commerce -Brussels, Belgium | EU |
| -protect freedom & security against communism (at first) -28 members -Brussels. Belgium | NATO |
| -standardize oil market -12 members -Vienna, Austria | OPEC |
| -create talk to solve problems between nations -192 members -New York, New York | UN |
| -set rules of trade -153 members -Geneva, Switzerland | WTO |
| -privat human organization which goal is to protect victims -Geneba, Switzerland | IRC |
| -one of highest intitutions of state -leads directs & supervises the state domestic and foreign policy | Government |
| -efforts of a state, it's influence on other countries or people, to the submission and inclusion into the own kingdom | Imperialism |
| -system of law apply to all people -made by US constitution | Rights |
| -Ultimate power in a state | Sovereignty |
| -measures that states try to reach other goals with cross-border trade | Trade Sanctions |
| -guarantee, that one Nation didn't associated better services with the other nation | Most Favored Nation Status |
| -first in international organization -commitment of UN to general principles of human rights | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| -written by Thomas Jefferson -breaking away built an own sovereignity state | US Declaration of Independence |
| -Iraq leader Sadam Hussein brutal dictatorship 1979-2003 -2003 US officially invaded Iraq->US reputation damaged -todays still one of hottest spots in US policy | Iraq War |
| -US supported an unsupportive Shah that got replaced with another Shah who disliked the US -Iran nuclear power capability: 'peaceful energy purposes' | Iran's Nuclear Ambitions |
| -Kim Il Sung conducted an underground test of a nuclear device -US can't just bomb NKN's, because of the unredictableness | North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions |
| -both cultures have strong tres to land & don't want the other to control the land -struggle between communism and Isreal's US supoorted counter communism | Arab-Isreali Conflict |
| -want independence from Serbia -NATO wnated Serbia to stop abuses of ethnic albanians | Kosovo |
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